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Patented March 5,1872.

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IMPROVEMENT IN WARDROBE CLOTHESDRIERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 54,247, dated March 5,1872.

SPECIFICATION.

I, BENONI S. BROWN, of the city of New York, in the county and State ofNew York, have invented a Tardi-cbc Clothes-Drier, ot' which thefollowing is a specification:

My present improvements relate to an invention secured to me by LettersPatent of the United States, No. 100,114. The former invention consistedof the arrangement in a vertical iiue of an endless rack on Which theclothes were arranged, and elevated and lowered by rotating the rack. Mypresent appa* ratus is more especially designed for dwellinghonsesoccupied by several families, in which a clothes-drier is arranged oneach door, and made capable of being Operated independent of the otherdriers in the house. My invention consists, first, in thecombination,with a Avertical main tine, preferably arranged in one ot' the Walls ofthe building, of a case or Wardrobe, provided with suitable racks forthe reception or' the clothes or other articles to be dried, andcommunicating with the main due, so that a draft is created through saidWardrobe, whereby the articles contained therein are speedily dried 5second,in the combination inthe wardrobe of two series of removableclothesraclis or frames, arranged one above the other, and secured inplace in the Wardrobe, as hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure I is an elevation ot' :my improvedclothes-drier. Fig. II is a sectional elevation at right angles to Fig.I. Fig. III is a sectional plan View of the apparatus. Fig. IV issectional elevation ot' a portion of a building provided with myimproved apparatus.

Like letters designate like parts in each of the Iignres.

A represents the body of the closed upright box or case, A1 the top, andA2 the bottom thereof. B is the door forming the lower pon tion ofthefront of the case A 5 the upper portion of the latter, which is out ofconvenient reach, may he fixed or stationary, as shown in the drawing.The case or box A reaches from the door to the ceiling, or nearly so,and resembles in appearance an ordinary wardrobe. b are the openingsformed in the lower portion of the door B for the admission of the air,and c the opening in the back of the case A near its top for the escapeof the damp air. E E represents two series ot' racks or frames,consisting of two side pieces, e e, and cross-bars e', on which theclothing to be dried is placed. The racks E are arranged in the upperhalt' of the case A and slide in vertical Ways g. They are secured inplace by spring catches Ii, constructed with inclined heads, so thatthey will automatically engage With the racks E as they are slid upwardin place in the ways g. These racks are disengaged in an obviousIna-nner by withdrawing the catches h. The racks E extend from thebottoni of the casing A, on which they rest, to the middle thereof, andare kept apart by blocks f. The racks E are rst filled with clothes andintroduced into the Wardrobe A, and secured in place, when the racks Eare lled with clothes and placed in the wardrobe, which operations canbe easily performed. H, in Fig. IV, represents a vertical due arrangedin one of the Walls of the building, and extending from the bottom tothe top thereof. is are horizontal Ilnes or pipes preferably providedwith danipers t', connecting each of the several clothes-driers with themain flue H.

The racks with the clothes arranged thereon being placed in the WardrobeA the door B is closed and the damper t' opened, whereby a strongdraiightthrough thewardrobeiscreated, which qnickl y dries the cloth escontained therein. This draught through the Wardrobe also serves toventilate the apartment in which the Wardrobe is placed. After theclothes are dried and ironed they can be replaced in the wardrobe, whichis thus made to serre a double purpose.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, with the main flue H, ofthe case or Wardrobe A, communicating with the former, and provided withsuitable racks for the reception of the clothes, substau tially as andfor the purpose hereinbei'ore set forth.

2. The combination, with the Wardrobe A, of the series of racks E E',arranged substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

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